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Arcata police on Tuesday night arrested a 29-year-old Mendocino man who allegedly led officers on a short foot chase while carrying a loaded gun in the city before he was arrested, according to the Arcata Police Department.

Officers patrolling the downtown area on foot during the late evening hours of Tuesday detained the man, later identified as Riley Gordon Kiesel, on suspicion of possessing and using a controlled substance, according to an APD press release.

Kiesel allegedly ran through a downtown alley and was captured after a brief chase, and arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, according to the APD. Police searched him and reportedly found a loaded .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun, according to the release.

Kiesel was booked at the Humboldt County Jail without further incident, and the APD submitted charges of carrying a concealed firearm, carrying a loaded firearm in public, resisting arrest, possessing a firearm while the subject of a restraining order and violating probation terms to the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office.

Man arrested for trespassing, drug paraphernalia

Authorities on Saturday arrested a 44-year-old transient who allegedly resisted arrest violently and was found in possession of methamphetamine pipes, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies were summoned at 12:15 a.m. Feb. 9 for a reported trespasser on a piece of property in the 2300 block of Road K in Redwood Valley, according to the MCSO. The caller reported that the alleged trespasser, identified as Kirtis Duane Brown, had been told to leave several times by the property owner, but hadn't left.

Deputies arrived and found Brown behind the home next to his vehicle. Brown appeared to be under the influence of a stimulant and had been smoking marijuana, according to the MCSO.

Brown allegedly ran from the scene while a deputy searched his vehicle. The other two deputies gave chase and tackled Brown, who allegedly continued resisting.

Brown was handcuffed, and while being walked to a patrol car, he continued trying to pull away, according to the MCSO. Brown was taken to the ground and secured in soft leg restraints, the MCSO reported.

A search of Brown's vehicle revealed three methamphetamine smoking pipes, according to the MCSO. Brown was booked at the Mendocino County Jail under $25,000 bail.